The project of the Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main encompasses safety filming of 50.000 to 70.000 historical photographs from the German colonial history. Public access to the pictures is via a research database on the internet.

The basic goal of the research data centres of the statistical offices of the Federation and the Länder is to improve the accessibility and usability of microdata of official statistics by setting up various ways of using the data.
Research data centres of the Federal Statistical Office (FDZ-Bund) and the statistical offices of the Länder (FDZ-Länder) provide collectively access to selected microdata of official statistics to researchers for scientific purposes.